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Kidnappings Shake Iraqi Confidence

In the battle for Iraq at least 53 people were killed across the country Saturday as the hunt continued for the American military contractors kidnapped Thursday. CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports that these recent kidnappings are further undermining public confidence in the embattled Iraqi government.

For kidnappers who know Iraq, there are thousands of places to hide their victims — whether they're the five contractors abducted Thursday in the south of Iraq or the 150 Iraqis snatched in broad daylight two days earlier in Baghdad.